Special district candidates on the ballot

Basin Fire District, hospital and senior citizen board seats without candidates

Basin area voters will see the following candidates on the November 3 general election ballot for Big Horn County special districts. 

SCHOOL

Big Horn County School District No. 4’s current Vice Chair will run unopposed for an open four-year, Basin area seat. Brenda Wood will also run for re-election to a two-year, Manderson-Hyattville area seat. For two at-large four-year seats, candidates Pricie Butcher, Enrika Rain Joy Potter and Merrita Powell will be on the ballot.

Big Horn County School District No. 1 has three candidates running for two open at-large four-year term school board seats; incumbents Hiedi Christensen and Holly Michaels, and new candidate Hunter Allen. For Burlington, current board member Craig Jones has re-filed to fill a four-year term seat. Incumbent Thomas Bridges and new candidate Emily Leonhardt, both of Cowley, have filed to run for their area’s single open four-year seat. 

CEMETERY

Burlington Cemetery District has three candidates filed for three four-year term seats; incumbents Jacob Davidson and Kimberly Rasmussen, and new candidate Norman Preator. Brandon Preator filed for the single open two-year term seat. 

Emblem Cemetery District has three four-year term seats available; incumbents Chris Edwards, George Kelso and Janet Kummerfeldt filed. 

Hyattville Cemetery District also has three candidates for three open four-year term seats; Kelly Darling, Kelli Mercer and Jill Tharp have filed. Darling and Mercer presently sit on the board. 

Otto Cemetery District will have incumbent Camilla Hancock on the ballot for a four-year seat. Carrinne Jones and Michelle Jones will toss their hats in the ring for the remaining two four-year seats. 

CONSERVATION

South Big Horn Conservation District currently has three total candidates for three open seats; all incumbents, all four-year terms. Howard Wildman filed for the at-large seat, George Kelso for rural Eddie Johnson for urban. 

FIRE

Basin’s fire district has one four-year term seat available which no one has filed for. For Manderson-Hyattville’s fire district, Joe Wildman has filed to fill one open, four-year term seat. Gary Hibbert has filed for one open, four-year term seat for Burlington’s fire district. 

HOSPITAL

Current Chair Jeff Petty has filed for re-election to the South Big Horn County Hospital District board. He would fill one of two at-large, four-year term open seats for the district. 

SENIOR CITIZEN

South Senior Citizen Service District has received no candidates for two four-year seats and one two-year seat. 

RURAL HEALTH

Rural Health District No. 1, which supports EMS services for Big Horn County residents, has three candidates for three four-year, at-large seats; incumbents Russell Fowler and Kenneth Nelson, and new candidate Theresa Turner.